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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1882)
July, 1882. THE , , WEST . SHORE. 193 REDUCED RATES OF TRAVEL. The Palouse branch of the N. P. R. The O. R. & N. Co. and N. P. R. R. K- 18 bemS Pushl vigorously. Al- THE COMMERCIAL FUTURE, A general outlook oyer, the whole Co. have reduced the rates of fare over ay several miles ot track have been LountrVf discloses but few Influences their lines for the summer season of u, na P"ad,ng advanced some that do nct a C04ll;aut4lIon of 1882, and are now selling round-trip n'ue8 Wond- The scenes, at Palouse the pregent pr08perity. The crop re tickets at the following rates : J"ncton "re enlivening. When com- port, from the Mississippi valley show Portland to the Ca8cades-65 miles P. u road will greatly benefit considerable improvement. On the up Columbia river, occupying two days, the fertile Palouse region. The work Pacific C0Mtt the 8ituation remains as it $.oo. Portland to The Dalles no will be continued uninteruptedly until ... . .. pvi:...vm miles up Columbia river, occupying two Moscow, Idaho is reached At that rt,M'lrtFJ!a days $0.00. Portland to Oregon City, int tne famed Pot.Latch country ' 1JLAS& 12 miles up the Willamette river, occu- r ... . . . . . classes has somewhat lessened, with pying two days, i.oo. . Portland to will be dramed, and the great boon of. judiciouls treatment and the return of the tfwaco-ico miles down Columbia fered by direct transportation will prove Mcond thought, it is hop! ! river, to seashore; ticket good for sea- a lasting benefit to regions at once en- A.-tmllMa wtll oaM awav Tne CroD son, I4.00. Portland to Astoria and terprising and productive. the U Ub' 'C w!" P 7jil Vw the seashore no miles down Colum- 6 v ,. .. report shows that the average wheat bia river; ticket good for season, $2.50. The railroad hetween Walla Walla crop of the country will stand at 104; Portland to Olympia and Tacoma120 and Pendleton has been definitely decid- which is higher than last yeah The miles ; Columbia river, Northern Pacific ed Qn Mr ViUard haj proved statug of tnc barley crop is placed at 101 toSSS the reports and plans of the engineers, and that of oat, at ..J IWrtt. 167 miles; Columbia river, Northern and the work will commence as soon as a large surplus for shipment to fill tne Pacific Railroad and Puget Sound, oc- the right of way is obtained. Already want occasioned by the present out-look cupying four days, $9.60. Portland to the citjzeng of Walla Walla, Centerville, for the crops in certain portions of Eu- Puffet Sound; ticket good tor season, moving in me mancr, mu me lormer $15.00. Seattle to Sehorae 121 miles city has through its Board of Trade, down Puget Sound; ticket good for sea- appojnted a committee to secure the son, $8.00. Portland to Alaska-Co- ... , waw w. rnn.frilPtKi lhi. !StopiS?,sSSdMSiffi Bays, will prove a valuable road as it passes .ign.l .ervice office, show, that destruc road, Puge bound, Straits y.M . r . occUr mot fre(.uentfy ln occupying inrce wcckb or uuc uiuuui, iiiiougu mav tviv vw..i.7. - , MUI1C. A IICJT BIS 111 VI o iisvjuv.i. TORNADOES. n 1 A recent Investigation made" in the $85 A COMPARISON. An exchange says: The Nevada papers think that state on the threshold of a great problem that will be presented for solution. It ia Vinefrl on the ireneral belief that the Comstock lode will no longer pay for working, . and will be abandoned. Then come the questions of the effect a. .tt. anA what' tVi nennle will do. The Reno Gazette says Nevada has WvfA th. life of a drunkard for twenty years, and now that the stimulant is ahnnt to h withdrawn, she must go to work to build up her system, develop all her natural wealth, look to agricul ture, economize, save, get out of debt, and in time become independent, anu wholly recover trom ner gamming bauch." It would be almost cruel in us to draw a comparison between the above state of affairs and the conditions pre sented bv such aericultural regions as the'Pacific Northwest. While we have rich mines, it is not probable that our neonle will ever be enticed into the rut of such lives as the history of Nevada presents. No wealth is more steady more solid, than that based on agricu hirer ' The loss at the Colfax fire foots up to $368,000; insurance $197,000. - j - - The nlans for a coo.ooo bushel wheat than In Tulv. and in Mav and Septem - j - - w ' I 1 - viitnr to be erected bv the Northern for than In Aumist. The record shows - , - ? , Pacific Railroad Company, are under that they occur more frequently between way. The machinery will be construct- 5 and 6 p. m. Tornadoes always move ed under the supervision of engineer eastward, but are sometimes" deflected . ... Mm m . Mallory whose ability in planning eie- from ,,de to side by mountain ranges vators is of the highest order. lor other natural causes. The great 1 , . maiority of such storms occur in the At New Tacoma an additional ma- " J 7 w..wtAB T.,ritn, AtMew 2rt wit States, Wahington Territory chine shop 300 feet long and 50 feet vUited by wide, is to be constructed immediately ! 1 ' for the Northern Pacific. '' . Wooden waterpipe, manuuciurea at Acomoanv of Cheney men have pur. Tl,mw.,,r w. t.. U now cominir Into chased a tract of land at Cottonwood exten,ive uw. The steamship springs and have platted a new town, DaKOu, on her last two trips, loaded to D cauea wsvcnpui j,ooo feet Of it at uiympia. a nis 101 Two blocks of land have been set went partly to Ogden, Utah, to be ,used 1 ?n u. r there by W. N. Horton, Esq., in his aside tor par jjuijovh . w.. .- - . .. Moscow. Trees and shrubbery will be extension o. w .-. v.v , Moscow, nee Colorado, for the Denver set out as soon as the proper season .r- - - r ... ' rives. This is a feature lew towns in , . the upper country can boast of. One of the prettiest lights tn'exlsU The committee on public land. ha. ence was seen the other day, say. tM reported favorably on the bill to extend Daily Astori.n, at sunset-over 800 nftime of making final proof in desert boats coming in on the evening tide, the time ot mawng ii" f ,u.m in th ravs land entries. The bill provioe. ,n w - , n.rties act inn in eod raitn uu 01 me iinnnjj .uu, ... - . r I t - ngtheif land within pie filling the north side of the river, 1 g 7r theVmav have the time deepening into dusky gray,' as the three years, they may nave im r- o Ax,mnmA inta -i-hL j extended two years. ' mwaw" " '